Sunday, December 18, 2005

In My Prayers

UPDATE: Some reports say he lost consciousness and so was taken to the hospital. Now they're reporting he had a minor stroke. An MRI is being taken to check the extent of damage. They are saying he's in stable condition and conscious. Palestinians are celebrating in the streets passing out sweets. Charming.

Esther,I don't know if you saw any of the reports on Fox News, but I noticed they kept mentioning the fact that the Palestinians were celebrating, and some of them were expressing surprise since Sharon was the one who gave them Gaza. But you could see that a few of them could barely hide their disgust. I suspect Prince al-Waleed isn't going to be too happy with their coverage.

i hope he's alright, but now is the time for a new leader. Sharon has made a very questionable decision and what people feared is starting to happen. Netanyahu- it's time to prepare, you might be running sooner than you think.

There wasn't a whole lot of coverage of it, but the Palestinians did the same thing after 9/11. But, unfortunately, Yasser Arafat had a way of, shall we say, "influencing" what was reported out of the Palestinian Authority. And faced with the threat of physical injury, or worse, a lot of reporters chose discretion over valor.

Patrick,Here's something you might find amusing. Although things are quite different in Israel now, as far as their cuisine is concerned, my husband never even saw a bagel until he came to this country, and it wasn't just because his family originally came from Iraq. I knew someone who was raised on a kibbutz, whose parents were born in Argentina, but whose grandparents came from Eastern Europe and not only had she never eaten lox...she didn't even know what it was. Thanks goodness those days are over.